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US Postal Service rule tightens mail-in voting despite federal court orders

Rule would require states to provide federal government with information on voters in return for delivering ballots The US Postal Service prepared to publish a final ⁠rule late ⁠on ​Friday to impose new requirements on…

US Postal Service rule tightens mail-in voting despite federal court orders

Rule would require states to provide federal government with information on voters in return for delivering ballots The US Postal Service prepared to publish a final ⁠rule late ⁠on ​Friday.

Rule would require states to provide federal government with information on voters in return for delivering ballots

The US Postal Service prepared to publish a final ⁠rule late ⁠on ​Friday to impose new requirements on states to provide the federal government with information on voters before the November ⁠midterm congressional elections, despite a ​pair of court ‌orders ‌that currently block the ‌changes from taking effect.

The USPS acknowledged in the text of the final rule posted online Friday, which is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register next week, that two injunctions issued by federal courts in California and Massachusetts currently bar it from moving ahead with the changes to comply with a March executive order signed by Donald Trump.

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